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The Puffin Club Archive: March 2010
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Wednesday, 3 March 2010. The BIG 70th Anniversary! As I have blathered on many occasions, the 70th anniversary of Puffin books is rapidly looming! As part of the up-coming attractions Puffin Post. Is planning a Jill McDonald cover and Puffin Books. Are having NATIONAL PUFFIN SHARE-A-STORY DAY. On 8 May - You can download the party pack from here. There is also a lovely little music video of the old Puffin song. How many of you remember it? Ooh, I've gone all sentimental! Wednesday, March 03, 2010. They a...
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The Puffin Club Archive: Four year member card
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Friday, 11 February 2011. Four year member card. I received my Four year members badge attached to one of these, but it was so badly crumpled and torn by the badge that it eventually disintegrated. This is a nicely reconstructed one. Like the founders card, it's about A6 in size. The badge, as regular visitors to the site will know, is black! And yes, I still proudly wear mine.pinned to my battered bush hat. I love the treatment of the '4'! It's something that Jill seemed to do without any effort. Please...
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The Puffin Club Archive: Joy unbounded.....
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Friday, 18 March 2011. This picture was forwarded to me by Nick Campbell who used one of my restorations on a great article on Kaye Webbs biography. His blog is well worth visiting and is very well written. This is one of the pictures that have been placed online. By the guys at Seven Stories. This is a picture from the Kaye Webb Archive, and it is evidently a picture of a small part of the body of work that Jill MacDonald created in her time at Puffin. Friday, March 18, 2011. Who are Seven Stories?
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The Puffin Club Archive: January 2011
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Monday, 17 January 2011. Where did that year go? Sorry I haven't been up to the mark for a long while - it's been.well, you know how it is. This lovely image was one of Jill's 'banner' illustrations that appeared on the opening pages of Puffin Post. The mysterious letter was one from Prince Philip (D of E) congratulating Puffineers for raising money to buy the length of coast that is still a Puffin Sanctuary. Monday, January 17, 2011. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). This site and what it's for. Down to the C...
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The Puffin Club Archive: Founding Fathers (and Mothers) will remember this...
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Monday, 7 February 2011. Founding Fathers (and Mothers) will remember this. Founders card with badge attached. Here's the Founder card, purchased at great expense! Most of these were crumpled up, lost or just thrown away! As regular visitors to the blog will know, I was pipped to the post by the author of 'Puffin by Design' for one of these a while ago, and it took a fair bit of searching, waiting, and just plain luck to get hold of this. Monday, February 07, 2011. I have one of these! I wanted to share ...
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The Puffin Club Archive: October 2009
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Tuesday, 13 October 2009. A lovely little acquisition - from a very enthusiastic ex-puffineer clearing the decks on eBay. But a beautiful example of Jill McDonalds work. So many of the best pieces of her work are throw-away items like this. A real pleasure to restore. The back of the original has a list of reading favorites written on it. It's fascinating to see what someone else saw as vital reading before we had the interweb and cable telly. Tuesday, October 13, 2009. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Down t...
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The Puffin Club Archive: April 2011
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Sunday, 17 April 2011. Working to a Timetable. We all find it hard to work to a timetable - it restricts us and binds us, but this is a lovely one that was given away to Puffineers courtesy of the pen of Jill McDonald. Its only downside is that I would have hated to write on it and ruin its beautiful proportions and balance. Sunday, April 17, 2011. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). This site and what it's for. You can send any puffinalia to: fatpuffin@puffinclubarchive.co.uk. Working to a Timetable. A self-emp...
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The Puffin Club Archive: Where did that year go?!
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Monday, 17 January 2011. Where did that year go? Sorry I haven't been up to the mark for a long while - it's been.well, you know how it is. This lovely image was one of Jill's 'banner' illustrations that appeared on the opening pages of Puffin Post. The mysterious letter was one from Prince Philip (D of E) congratulating Puffineers for raising money to buy the length of coast that is still a Puffin Sanctuary. Monday, January 17, 2011. Keep with the illustration. 11 January 2014 at 14:51. Jill McDonald - ...
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The Puffin Club Archive: November 2012
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Friday, 30 November 2012. It's been a long time. I have been away doing lots of other things, feeling safe in the knowledge that a Puffin Post/Puffin Club thing was out there for those that wanted it. Sadly, I have just received the early Christmas card from the fab team at The Book People, who have been running and publishing the Puffin Post Club, and the news is that they will no longer be running it after Christmas. Friday, November 30, 2012. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). This site and what it's for.
